Combined window shade and awning



Dec. 4 1923.

1,476,464 E. POULSEN COMBINED WINDOW SHADE AND AWNING Filed Aug. 30, 1921 c lvwemto'a filer PouZ4erz 35 hi flbtmm a Patented Dec. 4, 1923.

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EILER- PO'ULSEN, OF NEW YORK. N. Y.

COIEBINED WEIIDO N SHADE AND AWNING.

Application filed August 30, 1921.

and resi in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Nindow Shades andv Awnings, of which the following is a specification, such as. will enable those skilled in the art to which it apper tains to make and use the same.

This inventionrelates to window shades and awnings, and the'object thereof is to provide a window shade construction whereby the shade may be used not only for the usual purposes but for an awning; and with this and other objects in viewthe invention consists in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and claimed, vention is reduced to tive form. v

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, of which the accompanying drawing forms a part, in which the separate parts of my improvement are designated by suitable reference characters in each of the views, and in which Fig. 1 is a vertical sectional view of an ordinary window construction provided with my improvement and showing a shade used as an awning;

Fig. 2 a section on the line 2-2 of Fig.

practical and opera- 1; and,

Fig. 3 a view similar to Fig. 1 but show ing the different arrangements of the parts.

In the drawing forming part of this specificatioml have shown a window frame comprising top and bottom members 0. and a and side members a and mounted in said frame are the usual top and bottom sashes b and b and it will be understood that these sashes may be counter-bdanced in the usual manner and raised or lowered into any desired position.

In the practice of my invention 1 provide an ordinary shade roller 0 on which the usual shade c is wound, and saidshade is narrower than the inner transverse dimensions of the window frame to permit said shade to be swung inwardly and outwardly, or used on the inner side of said frame or on the outer side thereof as may be desired.

The shade is provided at the free end thereof with a transverse rod 0 the ends of which are provided with hooks c and the sides of the window frame are provided and whereby my in-' Serial No. asaeei.

centrally, or approximately centrally with eyes d below which are similar eye or hook bolt-s (Z and d I also employ awning arms 6 which are telescopic in form and construction and the lengths o'fwhich may be adjusted by means of set screws 6 which are passed through the outer end portions of the outer members of said arms and bear on the inner end portionsof the inner members i of said arms.

The awning arms 6 are provided at their inner endswith hooks 0 adapted to engage the eye bolts (Z, (Z and d and at their outer ends said arms are provided with eye de vices 6* adapted toengage the hooks c at the free end of the shade.

The operation or use of my invention will be readily understood from the foregoing description when taken in connection with the accompanying drawing and the following statement.

The shade 0 may be supported by or suspended from the roller 0 as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1 in which position it will serve as an ordinary shade, and when it is desired to use said shade an awning as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the upper sash b is lowered and the shade passed outwardly thereover through the space above said sash as shown at 7 and at this time the awning arms 0 are brought into use, and one end thereof connected with the eye bolts or other devices (Z while the other ends thereof are connected with the opposite ends of the .rod 0 in the free 'end of the shade as shown in full lines in Figs. 1 and 2.

The awning arms any desired length inwardly toward or outwardly from, the window frame as may be desired awning arms may be adjusted to such length that the free ends thereof will swingto or into the top of the window'frame, or downwardly and inwardly to the bottom of the window frame, and said awning arms may be connected with the eye'bolts or other devices d and d as will be readily understood, and in this way the position and operation of the shade as an awning may be adjusted and regulated to any desired extent.

With the apparatus shown as indicated in Figs. 1 and 2 there would, of course, be some light admitted at the opposite sides, or at oneparticular side, according to the posi tion of the sun and in order to remedy this 6 may be adjusted to defect to an extent, one of the awning arms and the shade moved and said c, in any position .of said arms, may be de tached, and the free end of theshade or the rod therein n'iay be used as indicated in Fig. 3, and in which position the free end of the shade is connected with one of the parts and the other end connected with the opposite or other au 'ning arm, and

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this, of course, will prevent the sunlight from entering at one side of the awning.

1' also provide a stay cert adapted to be connected with the free end of the window shade c centrally thereof as shown at g and which isalso adapted to be connected with the central bottom portion of the window sill as shown at g, and this will hold the shade when used as an awning in proper position at all times prevent its being swung about, or moved upwardly and downwardly by the wind.

By means of the construction herein ,described it will be seenthat I provide a simale and effective means whereb an ordinar v y window shade may be usedat any time for the purpose for whiohit is intendedand also used when so clesii ed as a Simple ,and eflicient window awning, and although I have shown one form of construction for carrying my invention into effect or for reducing itto practical form, it must be understood that the said invention is not limited to the details ofconstruetion herein shown and described, and changes therein and modifi ations thereof may ,be made within the scope of the appended claims, without departing from thespirit ofmy invention or sacrificing its advantages.

Having fully described my invention. what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A combination window shade and awning for windows comprising a shade roller on which :is mounted ,a shade, said shade being adaptedto be passed outwardly through a window opening over the topof the window and provided at its free edge portion with a transverse rod, attaching ideviceson the endscof said rod, attaching devices spaced verticallyon the outer faces of the side members of the window frame, and arms adapted to bedetachablyimounted in connection with. the attaching devices on said side membersand on;the ends of said 5/ which is awning for windows roller on which 1s mounted a shade, said through a window opening over the top of the window, and provided at its free edge I portion with a transverse rod, attaching ClBVlCGS on the, ends of said rod,attaching devices spaced vertically on'the outerfaces of ,the side members of the window frame, arms adapted to be-deta-cbably mounted. n connection with the attaching devices on said side members and oncthe ends-ofsaid shade .rod, the attaching [device at each end .of the rod being adapted for-direct connection with any one of the attaching devices on, the. corresponding side of the window frame.

window shade and comprising a shade 3. A combination shade, being adapted to be passed outwardly through a window opening-over ,thectcop of the window, and provided at its .freeedge portion with a transverse rod, .attaoh'ing devices on theends of said rod, attaching devices spaced vertically on the outer faces ofthe sidemembers ofthe window frame,

.arms adapted to be detachably mounted in ,connection with the attaching devices on saidside membersandon the endsofsaid .shade rod, theattaching device at each end .of the rod being adapted fordirect connection with any one ofthe attaching devices on ,the corresponding side, of the window frame, and oneofsaid arms being detached from (one end of the shade rod in couplingqthe attachingdevice at said end of-the rod with one of theattaching devices on the window frameto supportsaid rodat an angular ,position to said window frame.

In testimony ,that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name ,in presence of ,thesnbscribing witnesses this 27thdayof August, 1921. v

7 I ,EILER POULSQEN. Witnesses: r

C. MULREANI, H. E. THOMPSON. 

